New York State Enhanced Security Guard Training Program

Overview from: New York
State Office of Homeland Security

The tragic events of
September 11th, 2001 clearly demonstrated the
reality that no government functions effectively without the support
of both its public safety community and its citizens. In the few
short moments following the suicide attacks upon the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon, nearly every aspect of our way of life has
been altered.

In the last year, we have
witnessed the incredible power of nature during Hurricane's Katrina
and Rita, and recently experienced the destruction and devastation
brought about by flooding resulting in federal declarations of
disaster in 20 New York counties.

Certainly these events
highlighted the professionalism and heroism of our public safety
community and the incredible challenges they will overcome in
service to their fellow man. Yet they also demonstrated gaps that
needed to be addressed, if we were to improve our abilities and
capabilities at "prevention, response, and recovery to, and from
incidents of significance", be they natural or manmade.

To that end, as part of an
overall comprehensive strategic initiative, Governor George Pataki
signed legislation in August of 2005 which directed the New York
State Office of Homeland Security to certify a training curriculum
that would enhance and improve the capabilities of the New York
Security Guard Industry. Over the past year our office has
undertaken an extremely comprehensive program development process
which involved subject matter experts from the security guard
industry in cooperation with professionals from the public safety
community, to produce an Enhanced Security Guard Program, designed
to better prepare the security guard industry for the ever evolving
challenges it faces.

In recognition of the fact
that an estimated 85% of the critical infrastructure assets in the
United States are owned and secured by private industry, it is
incumbent upon all of us in the public safety community to ensure
that security guard specialists have the training necessary to
fulfill the vital roles and responsibilities with which they are
tasked.

In many instances security
guards serve on the front lines in the war against criminal and
terrorist acts and provide vital forward observation of potential
attacks, or efforts which may support attacks against our
infrastructure, our citizens', and our way of life by criminal or
terrorist elements.

DR Security & Training
(along with all of its instructors) is certified to deliver both of
the courses developed by the New York State Office of Homeland
Security, in support of this program. The two course include:

New York State Enhanced
Security Guard Training Program

New York State Enhanced
Security Guard Train-the-Trainer Program

Pre-requisites

Completion if the following training and
certifications will be REQUIRED prior to being accepted into either
of these courses:

NYS Eight-Hour Pre-Assignment Training

NYS Security Guard or Armed Security
Guard License

Red Cross 6 1/2 hour First Aid
Training with CPR and AED

The following will also be required prior
to attending the 'Train-the-Trainer' course:

Certification by NYS DCJS and a
Security or Armed Security Guard instructor

Optionally, students wishing to attend the
student version of the training (non Train-the-Trainer), can reduce
their total classroom time by 8 hours if they have the following
FEMA certifications: